HONORS MODERN WORLD HISTORY FINAL EXAM - STUDY GUIDE
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Exam Format - Individual Choice of TWO OPTIONS:
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE - 175 Objective Questions (True/False, Multiple Choice, Matching)
- GRADING: Each question is worth .667; therefore, you can miss 25 questions before
your grade begins to drop. [40 wrong = 90%; 55 = 80%; 70 = 70%; 85 = 60%].
II. ESSAY – Write TWO essays  see details / topics provided below.
- ESSAY = INTRODUCTION + BODY PARAGRAPHS ON THE TOPIC + CONCLUSION
- You may bring an “evidence outline” that is one page, one side with notes / bullet
points (NOT COMPLETE SENTENCES)
- Typed  Times New Roman, 12 pt. font / 1” margins
- Written  your normal handwriting (I have samples)
- You will submit your outline with the exam.
- Failing to submit = 20 point penalty
- 10 pt penalty for each violation of the evidence outline guidelines
Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs
addressing the task below, and a conclusion.
Guidelines:
In your essay, be sure to
• Develop all aspects of the task
• Support the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details
• Use a logical and clear plan of organization, including an introduction and a conclusion that are
beyond a restatement of the theme
QUESTION #1 – Throughout history the ideas of leaders have affected historical events within
their own nation or region. The ideas of some leaders are reflected in the quotations below.
I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.... Here
I stand. I cannot do otherwise.
- Martin Luther
The position of the inhabitants of the American hemisphere has been for centuries purely passive.
Politically they were nonexistent. We have been molested by a system which has not only
deprived us of our rights but has kept us in a state of permanent childhood with regard to public
- Simon Bolivar
affairs.
Dear comrades, soldiers, sailors and workers, I am happy to greet in you the victorious Russian
revolution, to greet you as the advance guard of the international proletarian army. . . . V. I. Lenin
Extremes must be fought by extremes. Against the infection of [Marxism], against the Jewish
pestilence, we must hold aloft a flaming ¡deal. And if others speak of the World and Humanity, we
must say the Fatherland—and only the Fatherland!
- Adolf Hitler
[British rule] has impoverished the dumb millions by a system of progressive exploitation. ... It has
reduced us politically to serfdom. It has sapped the foundations of our culture ... and degraded us
spiritually.
- Mohandas Gandhi
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture or doing embroidery; it
cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so . . . kind, courteous, restrained, and generous. A
revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
- Mao Zedong
... did the former regime not use the radio and television to render religious beliefs valueless and
ignore national traditions and customs? In any case, . . . courage, patience, virtue,... avoiding
dependence on the powers, and ... sensing responsibility toward the masses, have revived the
[leaders] and rendered them steadfast and popular.
- Ayatollah Khomeini
Select THREE of the quotations above and for EACH one selected:
• Explain the main idea of the quotation
• Describe the historical circumstances related to the quotation
• Explain the role or the action of the leader in the historical event
QUESTION #2 – Twentieth-century political events have had positive and negative effects on
global history.
Task:
Identify TWO 20th-century political events and for EACH
• Discuss the historical circumstances surrounding the event
• Evaluate the extent to which this event has had a positive or a negative effect on global history
You may use any major political event from your study of modern history. Some suggestions you
might wish to consider include Lenin’s establishment of a Communist government in Russia, rise
of totalitarian governments in Europe, Ho Chi Minh’s unification of Vietnam against imperialism,
increasing support for Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East, Mao Zedong’s Cultural
Revolution in China, the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, development of nuclear weapons in India
and Pakistan, and Nelson Mandela’s opposition to apartheid in South Africa.  You are NOT
limited to these suggestions.
Do NOT use United States events in your answer, although the discussion of positive or negative
effects may involve the role of the United States.
QUESTION #3 – Throughout history global problems have posed major challenges for nations and
regions.
Task:
Select TWO different global problems and for EACH
• Describe ONE major cause of the global problem
• Discuss ONE effect of the global problem on a specific nation or region
You may use any global problem from your study of modern world history. Some suggestions you
might wish to consider include environmental pollution, desertification, deforestation,
overpopulation, refugees, spread of disease, international drug trafficking, and ethnic conflicts. 
You are NOT limited to these suggestions.
Do NOT describe problems in the United States although the discussion of the effect of the global
problem could involve the United States.
QUESTION #4 – The human rights of many groups have been violated at different times in various
nations and regions. Efforts by governments, groups, and individuals to
resolve these human rights violations have met with mixed results.
Task:
Select TWO groups who have experienced human rights violations in a specific nation or region
and for EACH
• Describe ONE historical circumstance that led to a human rights violation in the nation or region
• Describe ONE example of a human rights violation in that nation or region
• Discuss the extent to which a government, a group, or an individual made an attempt to resolve
this human rights violation
You may use any group whose rights have been violated from your study of modern world
history. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include indigenous peoples in Latin
America, Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, Ukrainians after the Russian Revolution, Jews in
Europe, Cambodians under Pol Pot, blacks under apartheid in South Africa, and Kurds in the
Middle East.  You are NOT limited to these suggestions.
Do NOT use any human rights violations from the United States in your answer.